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Design Lesson

Students used this Lesson handout as instructions for robot art design. IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM I have been asked to ____________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Look at your grading rubric and answer the following: 1. What do you think will be the most challenging part? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What is one strategy you will use to overcome it? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ RESEARCH THE PROBLEM See what others have done so that you don’t duplicate, but you also may get some ideas. www.robotart.org From your research, brainstorm some ideas for ways to make art with your robot: Planning 1. Think about the tools and materials that you may need 2. Collect the tools needed or what you think you need DAILY DESIGN LOGS Describe what you did today. Mention any problems you had, design changes, solutions, questions… Make a labeled sketch that shows what you did. LOG #____ Date:______________ Remember: -complete sentences -Neat and legible -Use key terms when possible Remember: -drawing is neat and lines are sharp -labels are OUTSIDE of drawing Describe what you did today. Mention any problems you had, design changes, solutions, questions… Make a labeled sketch that shows what you did. LOG #____ Date:______________ Remember: -complete sentences -Neat and legible -Use key terms when possible Remember: -drawing is neat and lines are sharp -labels are OUTSIDE of drawing Robot Art Rubric DESIGN SKILL WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WE DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB WE DID MOST OF IT, BUT MISSED A FEW KEY PIECES WE DID NOT DO ALL THAT WAS NECESSARY DEFINE THE PROBLEM We were able to articulate the problem and define its parts 3 2 1 COLLECT INFORMATION We did research to help with formulating ideas 3 2 1 BRAINSTORM AND ANALYZE IDEAS We did preliminary sketches and discussed why certain ones were better than others and why 3 2 1 DEVELOP SOLUTIONS We experimented with ideas and looked for areas that needed improvement or feedback 3 2 1 PRESENT IDEA TO OTHERS FOR FEEDBACK We asked other groups for feedback and listened to their ideas 3 2 1 IMPROVE ON YOUR DESIGN We made changes to the design as often as needed to improve the process and product 3 2 1 FAILURE We used failure as a tool to improve and learn 3 2 1 DESIGN LOGS We completed our design logs daily 3 2 1 CREATIVITY We came up with a creative solution that was unique and appealing artistically 3 2 1 CRAFTSMANSHIP Our work was neat and presented in a professional manner 3 2 1 DESIGN We considered the design based on artistic principles and our own research 3 2 1 Total points_____/33